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Hellebore Heaven or Hell

Lenten rose or Christmas rose the Helebores have a big claim to be heavenly plants.

I get fascinated by different plants at different times of the year and currently it is the colour of Hellebores that are exercising my imagination. Am I right in contrasting the deep purple bracts above with a devilish or even hellish colour. Perhaps that is taking things a bit far for a plant that starts the year as the Christmas Rose and becomes the Lenten Rose.

So to a heavenly colour for the angels to ponder. A clean white flower with only the yellow stamen and leaf green to set it off.

Back to a photograph of the first plant with the velvety colour and texture but spiny edged leaves. Is someone taking the pistils with the black filaments amongst the creamy white stamen?